Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Quiltsy Cares 3/26/19

Todays donation is from Judith Messenger of FabriArts.  She sent the following information about her donation:

York Heritage Quilters Guild is the largest quilt guild in the Greater Toronto Area. With over 250 members, we have many members that like to give back to the community, and that initiative is organized by our Community Quilting group. The group accepts quilts, quilt tops and fabric donations from the guild members. Donated fabrics are used to create kits for members to take home to sew and also used by the group to make quilts. The group also sandwiches quilt tops with batting and backing for members to take home to quilt. The finished quilts are donated to various group - women's shelters, refugee families, children's groups and organizations that want to use a quilt for fundraising.

As well as giving back to the community, I enjoy being a member of the community quilting group that meets once a week. While sewing, sandwiching quilts and preparing for our annual Community Night for the general guild, friendships are created and ideas are exchanged. Many hands make light work, and some days we sandwich as many as 12 quilts! There are always lively discussions while we stop to eat our lunch - I think we could solve many world problems if we were in charge.

I used fabric from the Community Quilt "stash" to make this quilt. I loved the sunny yellow fabrics and I found enough greens to coordinate with those yellows. Once I was finished the top, the group helped me sandwich it, and I took it home to quilt and bind it.

Judith lives in Toronto, Ontario Canada

written by Pamela of PamelaQuilts.  Pamela is a founding member of the Quiltsy Team on Etsy and is currently team leader.

1 comment:

MooseCarol said...

I love this pattern and choice of colors